tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post6736344586147244182..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: The Saturdays by Elizabeth EnrightNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-15605480123802072272009-06-08T12:05:27.880-04:002009-06-08T12:05:27.880-04:00Thank you, 'anonymous' for stopping by. I...Thank you, 'anonymous' for stopping by. I love the whole Melendy family!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-76055357659931621212009-06-06T15:19:23.738-04:002009-06-06T15:19:23.738-04:00I loved this book when I read it in the 60s, espec...I loved this book when I read it in the 60s, especially when the eldest girl spent her share of the money on gettng a perm and having her nails painted ... I thought that sounded wonderful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-21059588393060479402009-03-07T11:34:00.000-05:002009-03-07T11:34:00.000-05:00Melanie, another fan of Penderwicks! I must reall...Melanie, another fan of Penderwicks! I must really read it.<BR/><BR/>Island Sparrow, I'm so pleased about Little Heathens. Such a wonderful book, with lots of practical details of life long ago. Have you read?? -<BR/>http://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2007/12/book-reportthem-times-1992.htmlNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-58427888533135655492009-03-07T07:57:00.000-05:002009-03-07T07:57:00.000-05:00The Melendy family has been one of my favourite fa...The Melendy family has been one of my favourite families since childhood. I also loved the Gone-Away Lake books.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad to have "discovered" your blog - I just requested Little Heathens from the library and am looking forward to reading it with great anticipation!Islandsparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474765495506044446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-30990162613985022942009-03-06T15:49:00.000-05:002009-03-06T15:49:00.000-05:00I'm a big Penderwicks fan and always on the hunt f...I'm a big Penderwicks fan and always on the hunt for more good kid chapter books.Yippee!melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09753569665143213748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-13090359763435305252009-03-06T09:44:00.000-05:002009-03-06T09:44:00.000-05:00Clairz, thank you so much for coming by and leavin...Clairz, thank you so much for coming by and leaving a note. I'm glad to meet you! I've had so many comments about the Penderwicks that I must try it again. The first time I read just a few pages, and I'll give it a better chance the next time. Thanks again.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-15927044021865283312009-03-06T09:17:00.000-05:002009-03-06T09:17:00.000-05:00I am a retired school librarian. I loved the Melen...I am a retired school librarian. I loved the Melendy family when I was a child and wanted to be called Randy, just like Miranda. <BR/><BR/>I was pleased that my students liked Elizabeth Enright's books, and the Penderwicks, too! Of course, it's all in the way the books are introduced to them!<BR/><BR/>I am so glad to have found your blog. A fellow Gladys Taber enthusiast, too--imagine!clairzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-31190186100510475752009-03-03T09:44:00.000-05:002009-03-03T09:44:00.000-05:00Les, I bought the Penderwicks two years ago, and e...Les, I bought the Penderwicks two years ago, and even mentioned it in a blog. I just went back and read it, and my gosh, I said 'in the spirit of Elizabeth Enright!!' <BR/><BR/>http://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2007/02/new-books_21.html<BR/><BR/>But when I began to read it, I didn't care for it. Isn't that funny? You'd think I would have loved it. I really should try it again, shouldn't I?! I gave it to the library, so it won't be this year, but perhaps next, I will borrow it.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-21801915318059519452009-03-03T06:43:00.000-05:002009-03-03T06:43:00.000-05:00I'm not familiar with this book, but it sounds so ...I'm not familiar with this book, but it sounds so very much like the "young reader" book I'm about to finish up today, called The Penderwicks. Jen mentioned it in her comment to you. Have you read it? The entire time I've been reading, I've thought of you and how you'd probably like it.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-85608685284545371122009-03-02T10:51:00.000-05:002009-03-02T10:51:00.000-05:00call me madam, I love that story! Do you still ea...call me madam, I love that story! Do you still eat peanut butter? :<) I'm looking forward to re-reading the rest of the series. I'm amazed at how often our taste in books is just the same. I must spend more time at your blog clicking those links on the sidebar. I'm quite sure the first thing that amazed me was Francoise Hardy!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-72063804515018625232009-03-02T09:26:00.000-05:002009-03-02T09:26:00.000-05:00What a nice reminder of this author. I read Elizab...What a nice reminder of this author. I read Elizabeth Enright's books from the library when I was a child and as a result badgered my mother to buy peanut butter, which I'd never tasted. Since then, I've collected the whole Melendy series as well as Thimble Summer and the Gone Away Lake books. I love them.callmemadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711070764040041338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-17960151989953524972009-03-01T20:16:00.000-05:002009-03-01T20:16:00.000-05:00Joyce, what a wonderful story! How long was it? ...Joyce, what a wonderful story! How long was it? What a treasure. Thank you so much for telling me about it.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-1985867739576380952009-03-01T15:24:00.000-05:002009-03-01T15:24:00.000-05:00We loved that series, and read it aloud to our chi...We loved that series, and read it aloud to our children. After reading "The Saturdays", our second son, then about 8, wrote his own "novel" called "The Mondays"! The four children were himself and his siblings, of course, but all the chapters were about him!Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-84799586119645114982009-03-01T15:01:00.000-05:002009-03-01T15:01:00.000-05:00Jen and Em, what wonderful comments. I love to he...Jen and Em, what wonderful comments. I love to hear about new books, esp. children's books I've never read. Thank you both. I'm jotting down titles like mad, here. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-40828525016164499162009-03-01T14:54:00.000-05:002009-03-01T14:54:00.000-05:00It sounds very interesting! I'll see if I can find...It sounds very interesting! I'll see if I can find these books - I've read and enjoyed Thimble Summer and Gone-Away Lake. I came to think of Frieda Friedeman's book "The Janitors Girl" where some kids go to different places in NYC every Saturday. But I think this book is more realistic than "The Saturdays".<BR/>Margaretha<BR/>Just saw that you mentioned Cynthia Voigt - it's quite a while I read her books, but I remember them as the kind of books as you get totally absorbed by.emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01463254055979575950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-19825718261381346632009-03-01T14:49:00.000-05:002009-03-01T14:49:00.000-05:00I've only read the first Tillerman book, Nan. I li...I've only read the first Tillerman book, Nan. I liked it, but haven't gotten around to reading the others for some reason. Ditto for the books about the Casson family by Hilary McKay. I enjoyed the All of a Kind Family books when I was a kid, but haven't re-read them as an adult, and have only the vaguest of memories. The modern books that I think compare the most closely with the Enright books are the books about the Penderwicks. I also liked, and think that you would like, if you haven't read them, Kerry Madden's Maggie Valley trilogy. Oh, and I thought that the Piper Reed books had some of the same feel as the Enright books, but for a slightly younger audience.<BR/><BR/>I think I have to go re-read the Gone-Away Lake books now...Jen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343476550309656223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7307035828566860852009-03-01T13:59:00.000-05:002009-03-01T13:59:00.000-05:00Oh, Jen, I've been thinking about you as I read th...Oh, Jen, I've been thinking about you as I read the book! You are so right about them being 3-dimensional. I'd love to 'talk' to you about other family series. The one I've most recently been engaged in (the 1st three for the second time) is the Tillerman series by Cynthia Voigt. The next one up is The Runner, and since I know how Bullet's life ends, I have put off reading it. A few years ago, I read the All-of-a-Kind Family books by Sydney Taylor and really loved them. Thank you for writing.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-22346510365635873522009-03-01T13:25:00.000-05:002009-03-01T13:25:00.000-05:00These books remain something of a benchmark for me...These books remain something of a benchmark for me, Nan. I instinctively compare other family stories that I read to the Melendy family books. I think that Enright's gift was in knowing exactly what kids would find fascinating (this is especially true in The Four-Story Mistake). And the characters are fully 3-dimensional, of course.Jen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343476550309656223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-21550653179201344052009-03-01T13:19:00.000-05:002009-03-01T13:19:00.000-05:00It's such a good one for kids (and adults), Val. ...It's such a good one for kids (and adults), Val. I've meant to get over to your blog all week, and haven't had a chance. Reading to my kids was just the best!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-87563128478288628622009-03-01T12:55:00.000-05:002009-03-01T12:55:00.000-05:00This sounds like a good addition to our "Books to ...This sounds like a good addition to our "Books to read list"<BR/>Thank you!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.com